The security of arms...

Well here is another meal around the old table, Mama and Gracie looking comfortable, but maybe it is because of the gun hung up behind them-- reflects the feeling of security, or does it?  Does it create insecurity to see the gun it the shot?  Isn't that the same gun she used to shoot Granddaddy Groundhog? 

Another scene on the cutting room floor...that's the same issue really if you think about it.  Does it exist if it is not in the film?  Does the gun create security if it is never fired.  What is the point? 

My boys are always discussing the sound of the tree falling in the forest and INSIST it makes a sound...humans are so filled with self-importance...Yes there is a whole universe out there that exists even if we will never see it or know it in any concrete way...including the real work that went into the electronic signal that will not become a finished part of the film...but it is there, somewhere.  Preserved on the last of the tapes...